Stagger Lee Chorus
by Lloyd Price · posted by noel_harmonica
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SPOKEN
The night was clear,
And the moon was yell-ow,
And the leaves,
Came tum-blin' down.
I was stand-in'
On the corn-er,
When I heard,
My bull dog bark,
He was barkin' at two men,
Who were gamblin'
In the dark.
It was Stagger Lee and Billy,
Two men who gambled late,
Stagger Lee threw seven,
Billy swore that he threw eight.
Stagger Lee told Billy,
I can't let you go with that,
You've won all my money,
And my brand new Stetson hat.
Stagger Lee went home,
And got his forty four,
And said "I'm goin' to that bar room
Just pay that debt I owe"
CHORUS
8 7 7 7 8 7 7 7
Go Stag-ger Lee, Go Stag-ger Lee,
8 -8 -8 -8 7 -6
Go, Go, Go, Stag-ger Lee,
7 7 8 8 8 7
Go, Go, Go, Go, Go, Go
-7 - 7 7
Stag-ger Lee.
SPOKEN
Stagger Lee went to the bar room,
And he stood across,
That bar room door.
He said "He said nobody move"
And he pulled his forty four.
"Stagger Lee" cried Billy,
"Oh please don't take my life,
I've three little children,
And a very sickly wife"
Stagger Lee shot Billy,
Oh he shot that poor boy bad,
Till the bullet went through Billy,
And broke that bar man's hand.
CHORUS (Tabs as above)
Go Stagger Lee, Go Stagger Lee,
Go, Go, Go, Stagger Lee,
Go, Go, Go,
Go, Go Go,
Stagger Lee!
He was bark-in' at the two men,
Who were gam-blin' in the dark.
It was Stag-ger Lee and Billy,
Two men who gam-bled late,
Stag-ger Lee three sev-en,
Bill-y swore that he threw eight.
Stag-ger Lee told Bill-y,
I can't let you go with that,
You've won all my mon-ey,
And my brand new Stet-son hat.
Stag-ger Lee went home,
And got his fort-y four,
Said "I'm go-in' to the bar room,
Just to pay that debt I owe.
Go Stag-ger Lee, Go Stag-ger Lee,
Go Go Go, Stag-ger Lee,
Go Go Go, Go Go Go,
Stag-ger Lee.
Stag-ger Lee went to the bar room,
And he stood a-cross that bar room door,
He said "No-bod-y move"
And he pulled his fort-y four.
Stag-ger Lee, cried Bill-y,
"Oh please don't take my life,
Ive three little children,
And a very sickly wife".
Stag-ger Lee shot Bill-y,
Oh he shot that poor boy bad,
Till the bullet came through Bill-y,
And broke that bar-ten-ders hand.
Go Stag-ger Lee, Go Stag-ger Lee,
Go Go Go, Stag-ger Lee,
Go Go Go, Go Go Go,
Stag-ger Lee.